Total bandwidth and storage is scalable to fit any application precisely. K2 10G scales from lower-priced systems that support from 4 to approximately 20 channels, to mid-range systems that go up to approximately 50 channels. Even larger configurations can support hundreds of HD channels, several thousand MB/s of bandwidth, and hundreds of TBs of capacity for creating the very largest video server systems. Any basic K2 online storage system can be made more redundant by adding a backup server, switch, and RAID controller. Shown here is a simple redundant system which can also gain more FTP bandwidth through the addition of dedicated FTP servers.

For ingest and editing applications, a production version of K2 10G storage is available with higher capacity 7.2k SAS drives. This works well for use cases where content is ingested and then edited in a shared environment. To accommodate editing systems and to increase performance, write caching is activated. When material is finished, it is pushed via file transfers to another K2 system for playout. Specifically, Production storage is made up of K2 Summit servers for ingest, NLEs for editing, and distributed K2 Summit servers for playout.

K2 nearline systems offer cost-effective storage without sacrificing support for high-bandwidth file transfers. Featuring RAID-6 protection with up to 400 MB/s of bandwidth, it can scale up to 432 TB of raw storage.

For direct attached K2 clients with larger stand-alone storage requirements, a RAID system can be connected with up to 900 TB of raw RAID-protected external storage, without requiring a SAN.

Hillsboro, Ore., March 31, 2014 — Broadcasting System of San-in, BSS TV, a commercial broadcaster in the San-in region of Japan, is combining business flexibility, operational excellence, and outstanding image performance with new, fully integrated broadcast solutions from Grass Valley®. BSS implemented an LDX Compact Premiere™ advanced imaging camera for its small news studio, as well as three K2 Summit® media servers, a Concerto™ multi- & mixed-format routing switcher, five Jupiter™ routing switcher control solutions, five EDIUS® multiformat nonlinear video editing software solutions, and K2 SAN storage for its news operation. Together, this new end-to-end suite of products will enable BSS to quickly and efficiently deliver news, weather, and other timely information to viewers in the Shimane and Tottori areas of Japan.

Hillsboro, Ore., December 2, 2013 — Grass Valley® has deployed its first set of GV STRATUS® nonlinear media production tools to the Hong Kong region at OneTV, a new 24/7 television station that delivers news, sports, and entertainment to millions of viewers across Hong Kong. The station is also leveraging the powerful capabilities of Grass Valley's EDIUS® Elite multiformat nonlinear editing software, K2 Summit® 3G Production Client, and K2 SAN storage. Together, these technologies provide the station with the powerful capabilities it needs to deliver news around the clock and to multiple platforms including smartphones and tablets.

The K2 media server and storage platform from Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, is the most extensive and flexible line of media servers,storage and
integrated playout devices in the industry. Leveraging open-standard IT
components and technologies, the K2 platform brings the benefits of mainstream
computer industries to the broadcast enterprise  including the
latest advances in processing power and storage capacity with ease of
integration, and streamlined operation and management.